Fanfic 101: A Crash Course in the Wide, Smutty World of Fanfiction

Make Out Already

Hi Smooches! We are happy to share that our newest cohost has entered the world! That's right, our Queen Liz has welcomed her princess and is now sailing away on maternity leave, and Meg is beginning a solo expedition. Batten down the fucking hatches, smooches!

In this episode, my friend and colleague Teddy was kind enough to share their fanfiction expertise with me, an absolute fanfic newbie. We talk about basics of the genre and community, the writing process, popular ships and fandoms, and taboos, because hello it's not an episode of Make Out Already unless we talk about the taboo.

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Stuff we mentioned:

Manacled, by Sen Lin Yu https://archiveofourown.org/works/14454174

Amazing fanart for Manacled, by Avendell https://www.tumblr.com/avendell/617412699942486016/illustrations-for-manacled-by-senlinyuwrites

Twist and Shout, by Gabriel, Stand By Me https://archiveofourown.org/works/537876

There's a point in the episode where I'm totally wrong and say that Liz and Molly reviewed Morning Glory Milking Farm. They actually reviewed Girls Weekend by CM Nascosta: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WzTpXXLsgYE3zGaODPkAG?si=a3a60b774b7a430e

But Heaving Bosoms did a great couple of episodes on MGMF! https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wtdQcaj6zbl8Keu0uB87a?si=a67c8c8cb18b44a8https://open.spotify.com/episode/12IreOxpLyf77Z5lcGikpz?si=476d7510ddd24564

Bonkers Romance episode on Sing Me to Sleep by RM Virtues: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mjanjxMnJlPiNPZSl6m0H?si=80ae8c718bc14bbf